cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15273527
Google Messages’ sent text editing feature has now begun rolling out to beta users, indicating that stable rollout is around the corner.
I don’t see much point to this, really. Guess it can be nice to correct a wrong address number sent or something, so if looking through a message in the future for an address or phone number, you won’t find the incorrect one during a search, but what do you really need to change a message for 15 minutes later, outside of to be annoying.
It declutters the chat from corrections
And with how shitty swipe keyboards, predictive text, and auto correct are, there are a LOT of edits.
I found Google messages to be unreliable: refusing to send a SMS if the Internet connection is bad. The signal that the message failed to send is a single hollow checkmark.
I switched to fossify messages, which just sends SMSs or MMSs and doesn’t create its own flawed messaging protocol
SMS and MMS are not very secure however. RCS is technically an open standard. it’s mostly controlled by Google at the moment, but hopefully that will change as Apple enters the game this year.
If I want to have security, I would use a different communication protocol. I find it unacceptable for an SMS app to change quietly change to a different protocol, particularly if it causes messages to fail to send.
Security should be both convenient and default for everyone.
RCS is opt-in. Nothing is changing protocols without your prior consent and knowledge.
I guess I didn’t notice when I opted in, and couldn’t find a way to opt out when I realized it was broken
